Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-04
RAILROAD MATTERS.

Wild Stories Exploded-Long Wharf
 BusIness-That Ever New Story Of a
 New Through Llne-A Projected
 New Way Station Near the Tin
 Fridge, This City.
 The romantic and beautiful yarn published in one of the afternoon papers to the effect that the Consolidated road have bought part of Long Wharf below Sperry & Barnes, with view to running a line of steamers to New York from this city, is spoiled, the Consolidated road officials being wholly in the dark and not posted with regard to any such project. The company have bought on the wharf the brick building known as the Humboldt house, and when the lease of the property expires the company will make im- provements, among which will be an exten- sion of the sidewalk from Long Wharf to the depot for the benefit of passengers who would prefer to come to the depot that way. The old building will be torn down, also, as it obstructs the view from the depot to the Water street crossing.
 Concerning the New York and Boston Air Line scheme the Springfield Republican says:
 That ancient but formless project, the New York and Boston Air Line, has turned up again, as it does every spring. It filed To-
 
 cost of the road 193 miles, is placed at under S2O, ,OOO, ,O0O and the total cost of the enter prise open for business is placed at about S23. OO0, 900. As the old line via Springfield now stands at about $50, ,0OO, 900, according to the market price of the stocks. probably the so-called Air Line people have not yet got through fooling. An amusing feature of the pIonunciamento is- sued recently is that while no packers are named for the railroad corporation the per sonnel of the construction company which IS to build the road is fully displayed. Prom1- nent among the list of officers are the coun- sel of the corporation, who perhaps organ meets with the affair ex-Postmaster Tobey, A. O. Barstow, jr., of Providence, and D. 0. Linsley of New York, and says that the directors recently met at the Quincy House and elected Governor Bodwell of Maine president, J. Gregory Smith of Vermont vice-president, and VIM. Thayer of Boston secretary and treasurer. The company claims to have spent $1O0, QUO in surveying the past year and contemplates putting several gangs in the field to make detailed surveys along the whole route. This enterprise has always indulged in more talk than work. The Boston Commercial Bulletin says the new route will have the use of the Providence terminal at Boston and that the company is interested in the acquisition of Old Colony and Providence stocks. The capital is said to be $40, ,000,0 900.
 It is probable that the Consolidated road will soon commence the erection of small station at East and Walnut streets. A prom inent railroad official spoke follows con- corning the matter: 'It would be great convenience to people residing in that vicini- ty. As an example of the benefit 1t would be to travellers, there are trains from Spring field which arrive in this city soon after the departure of Shore Line or Air Line train. It is very often the case that some of the passengers on the Springfield train wish to go to some point on the Shore Line and Air Line roads, but the train has left they have to wait an hour or more for the next train. Now, if the station was built at the junction the passengers could alight from the Springfield train and wait for the other trains, which would be on their way from the depot at the time the Hartford division train arrived at the junction"
 Other officials and business men spoke in a similar strain concerning the establishment of the new station.